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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlie's father's occupation when he finds him after moving into his own apartment?

2. What does the random woman say to Charlie that causes him to think she is disgusting?

3. What kind of a joke do Charlie's friends at the bakery play on him?

4. What causes Charlie to start a fight with Nemur at the cocktail party thrown by Mrs. Nemur?

5. Where is Charlie when a random woman offers to go home with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Algernon is put back into his original maze when he and Charlie return to the lab?

2. What area of expertise does Charlie showcase before the conference in Chicago begins?

3. Why is Charlie unable to be physically intimate with Alice?

4. What happens in his apartment that shows Charlie that Algernon needs to be taken back to the lab?

5. Why is Charlie so understanding about the hostile attitude that his friends at the bakery have towards him as his intelligence is raised?

6. What is Alice really upset about when she sees Charlie at the college where she teaches retarded adults?

7. What happens when Charlie goes to see his father in the barbershop?

8. What causes Charlie to get upset with Burt during one of their sessions together?

9. What prank do the guys at the bakery try to play on Charlie on April Fool's Day?

10. What causes Charlie to believe that everything he has been taught might be false?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Professor Nemur is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Nemur had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

The importance and influence of family relations is a very strong theme present in this book. What are some of the instances of this theme, and which characters are most affected by the presence of this theme?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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